Clothes-pounder.



c. M. WHITMAN.

CLOTHES POUNDER. APPLICATION I'ILED AUG. 15, 1813.

Patented Sept 1, 1914 ION. D. C.

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MAN, a citizen of'the United States,,resid-" ving at--Meeker, inthecounty ofLincoIn and State ;of Oklahoma, jhave invented'new and "useful Im rovements in Clothes-l ounders i of which't e following: is a spgcification,

i This inventionjyrelates "to c p v and itconsisjtsin the novelnfeatures. herein- Y 1 Anobject thesfpounclers a pounderof simple(structure ;w ich is ff ,comprises-- a" funne "5a ferrulewend adapted to be applied to a -z o stafi;'orl-handle; The body is providedat a v adapted tooperate efief v=tually u on the clot essto speedilyfire nove dirt om the same as'the pounder'jis reciprocated' upon the clothes." I

' With thevaboveobg acts in view the pounder (point between its ends with anfiannular houlder again'st which is located a parti- 1 tion. The partitionisf locatedfwithin the sides of thebodyf A flan e is attachedlto the artition and. is iprovi ed portion with openings, fThefi-flan a e proximately frusto conicalj'in co guration and its end. of smaller: diameter is downi material. A flan body 1 in which I", be inserted and secured in any suitable nanner. The body 1 is; provided at aline be; tween its'ends with an annular shoulder 3. A partition 4' is located in the bod 1 and is "securedto the same at the shou der" -3 by means-of solder or other suitable'secur'ing 5 is secured to the lower a side of the partition 4 and is provided at its ipe is transversely disposed throu" h the ody and the flange ts length and} is provide approximately centrally positioned "with redrawing ana 2 is a bottom view of the same.

e ounder'eom'prises'a "funnel shaped the end of ahandle or. staffv may e with'openings 6.' Theqlower e flangefikterminates in a plane above the lowerfledgelgofj thebody 1;, The

i a flange 5is approximately frusto-conical and.

. i' shaped body having at its upper wing at its smaller end aferrule 2 flange 5 and the opposite sides of the body 1 below the partition 4 and the said-pipe 1s V I provlded at its upperside' with an opening,

8 which traverses the length'of the pipet The pipe 7 is provided at its lower side with an opening 9 whichis approximately concentrically positioned withrelation to the flange 5. a

In the operation of the pounder it is apparent when the same isv forced in a down ward direction uponfthe' clothes the lower edge of the body 1 when it encounters'the' clothes will have a tendency to'spread the same. Upon further .downwardmovement of the body 1 the clothes will be distended up into the lower portion of the body so 7 that the clothes come in contact with the lower edge of {the flange 5 and" thegsaid flange prevents the clothes fromfcoming in contact with the-pipe ,7 and closing the.

openings thereof; vTherefore during the downward movement' of the body 1 the clothes arestretched andthe air in'th'e lower portion of the body 1 may escape from the same through the pipe 7, thus as the clothes v are pushed in downward directionthe water will pass upthroughthe' clothes and remove p the dirt from the same.

When the pounder s moved in an up ward directionthe clothes willhave'a tendency to follow the same until theends of, the 'pipeTare' moved above'the surface of the water in'which the clothes are immersed. As soon as this takes place the external air entersthe pipe 7 and passes through the openings 8 and 9 in the same into the lower portion 'of the body 1' and thus a vacuum under-the partition 4 is destroyed and the l clothes will fall from thelower end of the pounder. I

- Therefore willbe seen "that clothes pounder of simple structure is provided and that the same will operate efiectually to remove the dirt from the clothes. I

Having thus described. the invention what is claimed is I I I A pounder comprising a conical body, a

partition located inthe lower portion of the a "body, an annularflange attached to'the par tition andprovided" at its upper edge. portion with openings, a pipe passing'transversely through the flangeand the opposit'e 1 f V itsend of smaller diameter is lowermostf A- pipe 7 passes transversely through the Patented Sept. 1-, a

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side portions of the body and spaced from the partition and being provided at its upper side with an opening Which traverses its length and provided at. its lower side With an opening which is approximately centrally positioned With relation to the flange.

Copies of this patent may be obtained fo 1' five cents each, by addressing the Commissio Washington, D. 0.

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